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| Introduced | 11 December 1986 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | ISNIC |
| Sponsor | ISNIC |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Iceland |
| Actual use | Very popular in Iceland |
| Registered domains | 86,414 (2022-28-12)[1] |
| Registration restrictions | None |
| Structure | Registrations are directly at second level |
| Documents | [2] |
| Dispute policies | Icelandic Consumer Agency and/or ISNIC's Board of Appeals |
| DNSSEC | Yes |
| Registry website | isnic.is |
.is (dot is) is the top-level domain for Iceland. The country code is derived from the first two letters of Ísland, which is the Icelandic word for Iceland. Registration of .is domains is open to all people and companies without any special restriction.
The first .is domain, hi.is, is the domain of Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland). It was registered on December 11, 1986, making it one of the earliest ever domain registrations on the Internet.[3]
According to McAfee report "Mapping the Mal Web," .is was evaluated as one of the top 10 most secure TLDs in the world in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. No report has come out since then.[4] As of December 2022[update], there were just over 86,000 .is domains registered.[5]
As of October 2016[update], .is domains can be registered for up to five years.[6]
- ^ "Number of currently active domains by year". ISNIC Registry. 2022-12-01. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ "ISNIC Registry: Domain Rules". Isnic.is. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ^ "ISNIC Lénaskrá: Leit í rétthafaskrá (WHOIS)". isnic.is.
- ^ "ISNIC Lénaskrá: Fyrirtækið" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
.IS amongst the most secure top level domains in the world.
- ^ "Tölulegar upplýsingar um rótarlénið .is" (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ ".is registrations can now be renewed for up to five years". Retrieved 2017-03-16.